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All-sky spectroscopy with SDSS-V

All-sky spectroscopy with SDSS-V

by Suk Sien Tie | Nov 28, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

A spectrum is worth a thousand pictures. But all-sky spectra? Well, I bet they are worth many many thousands of pictures — introducing SDSS-V.

Feeding black holes through galactic bars

Feeding black holes through galactic bars

by Suk Sien Tie | Oct 26, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Galactic bars channel gas into the central regions of spiral galaxies to birth new stars. Are they also responsible for lighting up the black holes?

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh Astrophotography

Detecting hot gas in the cosmic web

Detecting hot gas in the cosmic web

by Suk Sien Tie | Sep 22, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Half of the total baryons in the late Universe seem to be missing. This paper set out to look for them in between the intertwined cosmic web. (Image: The Millennium Simulation)

Sneaky pete baryons in gravitational lensing

Sneaky pete baryons in gravitational lensing

by Suk Sien Tie | Aug 21, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Gravitational lensing “shines light” on dark matter and allows us to find them effectively. But baryons may also disguise as false dark matter signal.

(Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)

Extreme variability quasars

Extreme variability quasars

by Suk Sien Tie | Jul 11, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Of all things that flicker in the night sky, quasars are of them. Ramping up their typical variability by 400% and you get extreme variability quasars — let’s take a closer look.

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